Race to the Center : Competition for the Nikkei 225 Futures Trade /

This paper examines the impact of changes in margin requirements on returns, transaction volumes, and price volatility of Nikkei 225 futures on the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) and the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX). An increase in margin requirement on one exchange is shown to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ito, Takatoshi
Other Authors: Lin, Wen-Ling
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/117
Online Access:Full text available on IMF